Architectural, Cultural sights in Vientiane
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Kaysone Phomvihane Memorial
Opened in 1995 to celebrate the late president’s 75th birthday, the Kaysone Phomvihane Memorial, near Km 6 on Rte 13 south, serves as a tribute to Indochina’s most pragmatic communist leader. The memorial is actually two jarringly different sites. Kaysone’s old house is a model of modesty suggesting he might have lived in less luxury than any other world leader. In contrast the museum is a vast Vietnamese-style celebration of the cult of Kaysone, a cult he never encouraged. Visit the house first.
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